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Martha Nussbaum

Upheavals of Thought -The Intelligence of Emotions

22 March 2005

Everybody who thinks that philosophy is a stuffy dull science practised by absent-minded professors now has the chance to cure this misconception once and for all by getting acquainted with the ideas of Martha Nussbaum.
Martha Nussbaum isn’t an abstract scientist who occupies herself with the universe and metaphysics. She is in touch with daily life. The underlying assumptions to her ideas are rooted in human emotions. According to Nussbaum, emotions are not irritating upheavals to be mastered at all costs, but sensible reactions to everything that is of importance to us.
Martha Nussbaum is professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. Upheavals of Thought , her magnum opus, was recently translated into Dutch (“Oplevingen van het denken”) and published by Ambo Publishers.
In the Netherlands she came into the public eye with her appearance in the television documentary “Van de schoonheid en de troost”. She is an honorary professor at many international universities including the University of Utrecht.

She also holds associate appointments in classics, divinity and political science, is a member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a board member of the Human Rights Program. She previously taught at Harvard and Brown.[1]